아트로핀이 소아 근시진행에 미치는 영향

• 영문명: The Effect of Atropine on Myopic Progression in Children
• 발행기관: 대한안과학회
• 저자명: 최태호 정지원 최윤영,Tae-Ho Choi, M.D., Ji-Won Jeong, M.D., Yun-Young Choi, M.D.
• 간행물 정보: 『대한안과학회지』Ophthalmological Society,volume46,number7, 1189~1195쪽, 전체 7쪽
• 주제분류: 의약학 > 기타의약학
• 파일형태: PDF
• 발행일자: 2005.07.31

영문 초록

Purpose: To examine the effects of atropine therapy on myopic progression in myopic children. Methods: Fifty myopic patients, aged from 7 to 14 years and less than -5 diopters, visited our clinic for correction of refractive error from August 2001, and were followed up for at least 1 year. Of these 50 patients, the atropine therapy group was 23 and the control group was 27. Right eye cycloplegic refraction and axial length changes of the two groups were compared and analyzed. Results: There was a mean increase of myopia of 0.25±0.43 D/yr in the atropine therapy group and of 0.83±0.37 D/yr in the control group (P=0.000). There was a mean increase of axial length of 0.12±0.19 mm/yr in the atropine therapy group and 0.39±0.21 mm/yr in the control group (P=0.000). In refraction and axial length changes according to age, there was no statistically significant difference within the group, aged from 7 to 9 years. However, there was a statistically significant difference within the group, aged from 10 to 14 years. In refraction and axial length changes according to myopic grade, there were a statistically significant differences between the groups. Conclusions: Atropine therapy is effective in slowing the myopic progression in myopic children with refractive error less than -5 diopters.

키워드

Atropine therapy, Myopic children, Myopic progression